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Compare And Contrast A Sound Of Thunder And There Will Come Soft Rains

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Having higher level technology can help develop our state of living like our economy; but what happens when the world gets too obsessed with the idea of advancing technology? In the short story “A Sound of Thunder”, Ray Bradbury explains a un-familiar story in the year 2055, when a time traveler offers a hunter a chance to go back in time to the prehistoric to hunt animals, but the trip soon turns into a big catastrophe. Additionally, in the short story “There Will Come Soft Rains”, Ray Bradbury tells a modernized story about a lone, machinery house that is left standing while a nuclear bomb has demolished California. Ray Bradbury utilizes the plot development of both short stories to demonstrate how having advanced technology can lead to …show more content…

Eckels decided to visit Time Safari Inc.. A place that can take hunters to prehistoric time. The hunter warns Eckecls of what could happen “how something so small could change the future” (pg # 11), if they were to make a mistake. This takes a turn for the worst when Eckecls accidentally steps on a butterfly. Due to the mistake, the election was reversed and Deustcher won. Eckels can’t undo what complex technology and time have caused him. Instead “Travis shifts his rifle, clicks the safety catch, and raise(ed) the weapon. “,ending his life because of upgraded technology. “There Will Come Soft Rains”, tells a more modernized but historic story about a house that is located in Allendale California. After a nuclear bomb has hit their town “The house stood alone in a city of rubble and ashes”(pg # 1). Except, this isn’t like any other house, this house is operated by mechanical machines, or robots.They control, automate everything in the house, leaving them in a constant loop. Until, a fire breaks out into the house and destroys almost everything in its path. Even though the family had advanced technology, the house wasn’t able to protect them enough. Advancing doesn’t support life, it only causes more

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The “Rap-Back” Of Tech In the two stories, “Harrison Bergeron”, and “By The Waters Of Babylon”, the world is “destroyed”, or “remade”, after a technological “break-down”. Tech can very easily lead us to our own imminent demise, none the less it’s own, but usually, it may only do so with our allowing it.

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The stories fit into the category of science fiction proudly, though the Sound of Thunder pulled it off better, and had a greater climax that really pulls you into

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Technology is becoming a more significant influence in today's society as each day passes. People become more reliant on technology which can end up being bad. As technology advances, people make more advancements to make everyday tasks easier for people, which can lead to everyone being dependent on technology. In the texts “The Veldt” and “Cooking Time” the two authors Ray Bradbury and Anita Roy talk about technology advancements and the society it creates. Bradbury and Roy use the conventions of science fiction to critique society on how scientific advancements can be bad.

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Foreshadowing A Sound of Thunder A Sound of Thunder is a fascinating short story written by Ray Bradbury. In this read, a protagonist by the name of Mr. Eckel wants to travel back to the time of dinosaurs. The nations has now come up with a Time Machine in the year of 2055 and when Eckel steps in that machine, boundaries and rules may be broken if he isn't careful. With precise words and the use of foreshadowing, we can predict what may happen next.

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Technology shapes an everyday society. It all falls under a family tree. Cars were invented, then roads, road laws, licensing, etc. It’s like technology has an effect on what is yet to come.

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In Ray Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder" and Gloria Skurzynski's "Nethergrave," both authors tour conceptions of time travel and its consequences. However, upon closer examination, it becomes clear that "A Sound of Thunder" is the superior of the two texts due to its well-developed characters, complex plot, and effective writing style. One reason for this is the deeper level of character development present in "A Sound of Thunder. " The protagonist, Eckels, is depicted as a, nervous, indecisive, brave, curious and courageous beyond measure, but he is far from admirable because his of his selfish and impulsive ways, who's fear of the unknown leads him to make a fateful mistake. This internal conflict adds layers to his character and makes him more relatable to the reader.

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Eckel walked off the path and killed one singular butterfly. By killing it he changed the whole future. Eckel thought that it was just one little butterfly what could it have hurt? Which is the tragedy, that after acknowledging he killed it he just thought it would make no difference. When Travis made Eckel get out, they were actually in the present day.

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From this we are able to understand that advanced technology is also able to twist people’s minds slowly as people relies more and more on technology and science to support their lives. In conclusion, people may have been using sciences and technologies to make our lives better. But as more and more of these technologies soak into our lives, we may not be aware of the changes happening around us. There Will Come Soft Rains also describe a world where humanity is destroyed by ourselves. If one day science could do so much for us and when

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Geography is a significant aspect in determining any country’s power or strength. The biggest geography the biggest challenges a country have to face in terms of defense and security. In comparing US and Iran’s geography obviously US has biggest geography by 9,166,598 km and also world third largest country in population. While Iran only has the area of 1,231,595km and ranked 17 in the world. In case of geography US is stronger than Iran as it is also the first nuclear power of the world.

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Sci-fi writers and scientists are both starting to believe that science fiction may be the key to advancing our technological futures. Two different theories have been made to explain this reasoning: Inspiration theory, the idea that sci-fi will inspire people to create new technologies, and Hieroglyph theory, the idea that fully fleshed out and logical sci-fi technologies could be usable by scientists and engineers. I agree with both theories, however because both theories are inherently optimistic, I’ve begun to wonder if science fiction could also be distorting our perception of what technological progress looks and feels like. One sci-fi writer and novelist, Neal Stephenson’s, essay “Innovation Starvation” somewhat illustrates this problem where in it, he laments there being a lack of innovation since the last century.

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Eckels learns a very big lesson that ends his life tragically at the end of the story. II. Body Paragraph 1 Topic sentence: Firstly, the setting portrays the theme of the story of when the dinosaur is shot in the eyes that killed it brutally and also took the trees along with it that was from a very long time ago. Example:

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Ray Bradbury’s short story, There Will Come Soft Rains, has elements of destruction, and what the future holds for mankind. It tells the story of a self operating house that carries out its day to day duties as , after a nuclear holocaust has occurred. In addition to this short story Rad Bradbury includes a poem by the same name written by Sarah Teasdale’s. While these two pieces of literature resemble each other in many ways, they also differentiate in just as many.

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Bradbury sets a tone that is supernatural. It isn’t normal for a house to be functioning on it’s own, having rooms, “acrawl with small cleaning animals, all rubber and metal” (Bradbury). This house is running like their is a family living their

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Technology can be defined as “the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment”. (n.d.) Therefore, when we speak of technological evolution we can say that it is an “innovation and technology related hypothesis that describes the fundamental change of society through technical development”. Different theorists have their own perspective on the evolution of technology but, although each of their views differs from another, they shared certain common features, mechanism, and incidence in technology. Some theorists have developed distinct approaches to understanding the nature of the technological process and the relationship between technological development and the social world.

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They imply that life would be hard to live with the lack of new technologies, however, it becomes ironic because life is already at risk due to technology. Making technological advances and preserving the environment and human health will not be possible because of the pollution resulting of the waste output, the depletion of natural resources and the global warming resulting of the emission of carbon dioxide. To begin with, the waste output of the new technologies pollutes the lands, the water and the air of the earth. An average computer screen contains up to 8 pounds of lead and 2 to 5 percent of the trash in American landfills belong to electronics waste.

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